University Dailv Kansan / Tuesday. April 28. 1987
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Testaverde sure to go first; rest of NFL draft not yet set
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The only sure thing in the first round of today's NFL draft is the first pick. The Tampa Bay Bucs will take Vinny Testaverde, the Miami quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner.
The consensus is that there are perhaps 10 players available who can have an immediate impact on a team. That leaves the good teams to play in, and the bad ones to excess players and multiple draft picks in return for that one blue-chipier.
Testaverde has already been signed to a $8.2 million, six-year contract by the Bucs, who were burned last year when they took Bo Jackson with the first pick and he opted for baseball over football.
The draft begins at 8 a.m. EDT at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel, an hour that forces West Coast teams to play games on the field, and there there's a lot of trade talk.
Then come the Indianapolis Colts, who until Saturday night, were also a sure thing. The Colts were going to take Alabama linebacker Cornelius Bennett, who is advertised as the second coming of Lawrence Taylor.
The Colts are still likely to take Bennett, but when Randy McMillan was hit by a car in Maryland on Saturday night and suffered a broken leg, it left the Colts without its principal running back.
That left an opening for the San Diego Chargers, who pick fifth, to exchange choices with Indianapolis, take Bennett, and leave the Colts to choose one of two running backs, Brent Fullwood of Auburn or Alonzo Highsmith of Miami.
The third pick belongs to the Buffalo Bills, who would love to have Shane Conlan, the Penn State linebacker who comes from nearby Frewsburg, N.Y. Conlan is likely to be available lower in the draft. The Bills might trade with Houston, who picks eight, giving them an additional pick.
Then on to the other blue-chippers: defensive back Rod Woodson of Purdue; defensive linemen Reggie Rogers of Washington and Jerome Brown of Miami, and running backs Highsmith, Fullwood and D.J. Dozier of Penn State.
"Are we willing to trade the pick?" asks Buffalo Coach Marv Levy. "The answer is yes, if the trade is right. We have to feel unequivocally that we've helped ourselves."
Behind them come such potential first rounders as quarterbacks Kelly Stouffer of Colorado State and Chris Miller of Oregon; linebacker Mike Junkin of Duke; defensive linemen Shawn Knight and Jason Buck of Brigham Young, Danny Noonan of Nebraska. John Bosa of Boston College and Tony Woods of Pitt; offensive linemen Harris Barton of North Carolina and John Clay of Missouri and wide receivers Haywood Jeffries of North Carolina State, Mark Ingram of Michigan State and Ricky Nattiel of Florida; running backs Paul Palmer of Temple, Roger Vick of Texas A&M and Kenny Flowers of Clemson; and tight end Rod Bernstine of Texas A&M.
Many of those players are trade targets.
San Francisco, for example, still has two first picks, even after trading
for quarterback Steve Young from Tampa Bay. They could parlay those two picks for a higher position that could get them Dozier or perhaps Conlan or Junkin.
One of those San Francisco picks is from Washington, who would love a big linebacker.
The hot name is Alex Gordon, a 240-pounder from the University of Cincinnati, who a month ago was projected as a third-rounder but has worked his way into the first round. At this point, he's unlikely to get past the New York Jets, who nick 21st.
St. Louis, for example, has offered quarterback Neil Lomax to the quarterback-desperate Los Angeles Raiders. The Cards wants a first-round pick.
There are other possible last minute deals in the works.
And the Super Bowl champion Giants, who draft 28th and last, could trade either way: up to get a blue-chipper, although that's unlikely, or down to get an extra second- or third-round if they feel the quality in those rounds is roughly comparable to that of the end of the first round.
After Buffalo, the draft order is Green Bay, San Diego, St. Louis, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles Raiders, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Seattle, Kansas City, Houston (from the Los Angeles Rams), the New York Jets, San Francisco, New England, Cleveland, San Francisco (from Washington), Chicago, Denver and the Giants.
The Rams and Redskins are the only teams without first-round picks.
Chiefs search for running back in opening round of NFL draft
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs, barring a trade, were hoping to find a running back or linebacker with the 19th choice in today's National Football League draft.
As the draft approached, General Manager Jim Schaaf was exploring all possibilities for moving up in the draft order.
"We're not making any secret of the fact that we're looking for running backs and linebackers. That's pretty well understood. But that doesn't mean that without any question we'll definitely take a running back the first round.
"There could be a trade. Jim is handling all those discussions," said Les Miller, director of scouting. "But we're checking every possibility. If it happens, so be it. But we're not going to tear everything down just to move up. Jim's staying on top of that on a minute-to-minute basis with all the other clubs. It could happen.
"That simply means if any of a
number of guys we think are capable of being selected in the first round ad have that kind of ability, if they're there, the chances are we'll take a running back. But if something should happen, if the guys we'd like to take at that point are gone, then we can go another direction."
As a result of the 10-6 record last season that produced a long-awaited playoff breakthrough, the Chiefs are not going to enoy — bring a trade
They will alternate between the 17th and 21st pick in every round with the other four 10-6 teams of 1986. They have no choice in the sixth round and an extra pick in round eight.
— their customary high position in the picking order.
Schaaf, given complete control of all draft-day decisions for the first time, knows the perils of making a deal.
"They feel we have depth in those areas, but we're not entertaining to trade any of our defensive people. As a general rule, we'd better disconnect that doesn't exclude the fact that we would trade a player as well."
"The price depends on how far you move up," he said. "We want to make sure the price is commensurate with what we'd be getting.
Teams would like to have some of our defensive people, obviously.
The Chiefs' best bet may be Paul Palmer, the smallish running back from Temple who finished second to Miami quarterback Vinnie Testaverde in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Another possibility was Terrence Flagler, a running back from Clemson.
"We're not going to take a running back on the 19th pick just to take him." Miller said. "We're going to feel very solidly about a guy before he takes it out. You don't like pretty well but we probably wouldn't take them in the first round.
"If those other guys are gone, we'll go in another direction and get a player who can best help this team improve.
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KU women's golf team must make up ground
The Kansas women's golf team today will have to make up the ground that it lost last year if it wants to finish in the top half at the Big Eight Conference championships in Oklahoma City.
After 22 holes, Kansas shot a 501 and is in seventh place but is only eight strokes out of fourth place.
Seventh-ranked Oklahoma State, which shot a 450,
has taken a demanding lead in the tournament.
Oklahoma is second with a 472 total and Missouri,
which shot a 482, is third.
Leading the Jayhawks is Susan Pekar with a 123 total. Tina Gnewch and Donna Jo Looven both shot a 125 and Sherri Atchison finished the day with a 128. Marilee Scheil rounded out the field for the Jayhawks with a 136 total.
Two to compete in table tennis
Kansas will add one more sport to its list of national competitions this year. It's not basketball or track, but table tennis.
Anne Wong, Penang, Malaysia, sophmore, and Udom Suksdurpasrent, Bangkok, Thailand, graduate student, will compete May 1 and 2 in the National Collegiate Table Tennis Championships at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Both Jayhawks qualified for the meet Feb. 21 and 22 at the regional recreation tournament in Lawrence.
The event was sponsored by the Association of College Unions.
Kansas won the 14-team field competition, which included teams from Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Wong and Suksudprasert are members of the KU table tennis team and are making their first appearances in a U.S. national competition.
Wong and Suksuprasert will compete against 16 men and women, who won singles championships in the other 13 regional tournaments across the nation. One male and one female participant was selected random-
Suksudprasert was a member of Thailand's national table tennis team and competed on the national level inIndonesia when he was in high school.
KC Chiefs sign 3 free agents
The Chiefs also signed Vincent Stroth, who has tried out for USFSL teams the last three years, and John Trahyan, who tried out for the Denver Broncos last year but did not make the team.
Rourke, 6-foot-5 and 267 pounds, played for the Chiefs from 1980-84. He played for the New Orleans Saints in 1985 and returned to play the last four games of the season for the Chiefs last year.
KANSAS CITY, Mo — The Kansas City Chiefs announced the signing of three free agents yesterday, including veteran offensive lineman Jim Rourke.
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